Xingtie: Starting with an in-depth analysis of the Yellow Springs

"...This is the will of fate."

Tibo dolls float in a bathtub shimmering with golden light.

In the pitch-black scene, Wan Di's final wish could be faintly heard: "Become the dawn... savior."

Chapter 486 Emperor's Scepter

[Star: How did the Fire Thief know Wan Di's weakness? Don't tell me it was from a video; that timeline is impossible!]

[Dan Heng: As expected, he possesses a Hundred Realms Gate similar to Tibo's.]

[Wan Di: I've only ever told one person about my weakness.]

[Cat: No way, could the Fire Thief really be Bai E in this reincarnation? Why would he return to the previous life?]

[The Robin: There's still one crucial piece of information missing: what exactly is this miracle of rebirth?]

[Walter: I think we're not far from the truth. If the Firewalker is indeed White Calamity, then he must have experienced unimaginable despair in the future.]

[Little Candle: The biggest variable in our cycle is... no one has ever seen Bai E; he simply doesn't exist.]

Beneath the extinguished dawn machine, the projection of the Black Tower walks through Ohmma, a land teeming with creations of the Black Tide.

She crossed her arms and looked up, “The burning sky, the shattered colossi, and the corpses strewn everywhere… It’s awful.”

"If this is what the interior of Onphalus looks like, then it is indeed surprising."

[Ring: Black, Black Tower Lady! How did she get in? Wasn't Lai Gu Shi trying to stop her?]

Wendy: Hey, the Black Tower's figure is reassuring, like Grandpa is protecting me.

[Star: See, White Calamity. The Black Tower must be here to save us. Once I get out, I'll help you test the simulated universe for the rest of your life!]

[Black Tower: Ha, it's your honor that this genius has stepped in.]

[Pepe: Woof! Woof! Woof!]

[Aista: Lady Black Tower is incredibly intelligent! Lady Black Tower is unparalleled... I'm translating for Pepe. Don't underestimate her, Pepe is a clerk on our space station, smarter than some guy who can only bark like a dog.]

Scott: Are you being polite?

"To be honest, I was a bit skeptical at first. But now, I'm starting to agree with you..."

Black Tower glanced to one side, and the projection of Screwgoom stepped out, speaking in a gentle tone, "Since that's the case, Black Tower, do you now have sufficient reason to believe my conjecture about the nature of the Onpharos world?"

"Let's not get into that topic yet." Black Tower turned around.

"That Omnic Bro—you're called Legus, right—isn't quite dead yet. That's most likely just a fake body, and what's hiding behind it... is still defying us."

Screw Gum: "I must admit: even if the two of us join forces, penetrating its defenses is still not an easy task."

"Right now, we can only observe this world from the perspective of an outsider."

Black Tower sighed, "I should have brought Stephen along."

"No wonder Liuguang Yiting sought cooperation with the Starry Sky Train. Without the help of pioneering forces, it would have been impossible to uncover the secrets of this place. In the end, Yiting was safe and sound, but the nameless guest suffered. Curiosity really killed Avi."

As she spoke, she looked at the Dawn Machine, "That big guy over there... that black sphere that's spewing meteorites out—do you think it's related to that Annihilation Lord?"

Screw Gum always maintained his logic: "Unfortunately, the streaming projection computing power is insufficient, so I cannot analyze the Destiny Energy."

"Proposal: The most urgent task is to find the whereabouts of the two nameless individuals. Research on destruction should be postponed. We need to race against time and make progress before that omnic activates its countermeasures."

Black Tower looked relaxed. "Alright, stop making such a fuss. We've worked together so many times, and every single time it's ended perfectly."

"How about adding another objective: The card player told me that the frozen pioneer girl might also be trapped inside Onpharos."

“If time permits, I will also join in the search for Miss March 7th,” Screw Gum replied.

He suddenly looked up at Ohma on the mountaintop.

"Black Tower, can you hear that? The cries coming from the heart of the mountain city are causing severe trauma to the lives here."

"Conclusion: The butterfly has flapped its wings, a storm is approaching. The Nameless Guest is an important ally, and we both have urgent matters to attend to, Black Tower. I implore you..."

"When faced with a decision, one must not let personal interests distract one's attention."

[Billy: It's Mr. Screw Goom. I don't know why, but every time I see him, I can't help but feel a deep respect for him. Am I an omnic too?]

[Ambi: Lacking intelligence, merely a machine.]

[Fireworks: I've figured out the key point. Didn't the previous video show the Black Tower heading to Onphalus, and then being threatened by Lygus to destroy each other in a mutual agreement? Now that I can come in, it turns out they went to call for reinforcements.]

[Silver Wolf: Ha, I didn't expect there would be difficulties like needing the Black Tower to help me.]

[Black Tower: Kid, don't interrupt adults.]

[Silver Wolf: Where am I small!]

[Star: Well… those who know, know.]

[Hu Tao: Mr. Screw Goom values ​​life a lot. He seems to be a genius with a conscience, just like Ms. Black Tower.]

[Doctor: Really? I find Mr. Screw quite scary.]

[Fou: I have a bold guess. If Screwgoom, as the king of the Omnic Empire, were to go to war with humanity in the future, which side do you think he would choose?]

[Navia: That's impossible, unless someone can bypass Mr. Screw's authority to control them.]

[Star: Hey, this is Onpharos's special now.]

Black Tower chuckled lightly, "Of course I know."

"Tsk, fate is truly a dice game, Screw. Who could have imagined that the thing once brought devastation to the world and caused the Academy of Knowledge to fall apart, until I cracked the Lone Wave Algorithm, which finally put an end to its lingering effects."

"Yet, in some forgotten corner of the galaxy, there was still one that had slipped through the net and was still running; and yet, it was this very machine that ultimately became the cradle that gave birth to a supreme ruler of annihilation..."

"The origin of the tragedy of Onphalus..."

"It is an imperial scepter that has survived to this day."

[Silva: I remember in Lady Black Tower's simulated universe, didn't Parthia exhaust her scepter while trying to connect with the Wise One?]

[Fu Xuan: A fish that slipped through the net. Who knows where that ancient scholar found it?]

[The Robin: With the Scepter and the High Overlord of Destruction combined, the power of the Iron Tomb is far more than just 1+1+2.]

[Black Tower: That's exactly what I'm worried about. Once the Iron Tomb is successfully created, it can use the scepter to iterate indefinitely, and even achieve self-coronation like the Perfect Scholar.]

[Walter: Isn't that Rupert III?]

[Sunday: Rupert III, still possessing the power of destruction. This explains why the great lords eagerly await his birth.]

[Star: What about your Catholic Sunday?]

[Sunday: In Pinocchio, I was able to complete the dream of the One by basing it on the order of the 107,336 members of the Oak lineage.]

Chapter 487 Romantic Story

Bai E, whose name was concealed, surveyed the shattered, ethereal world before him. "Is this what the world was originally like?"

His eyes were cold as he asked sharply, "Then why are you here?"

“…Answer my question, Lagushi.”

[Fufu: Huh? Bai E's name is covered up? What a bizarre scene! Is Bai E really Bai E?]

[Star: Partner, what's going on with you?]

[Aglaia: White Calamity...]

[Walter: Could it be...?]

Paimon: Could it be...?

[Luminous: No, Paimon, what are you talking about? Bai'er…you wouldn't happen to be the mastermind behind Onpharos, would you? I remember a novel where the protagonist's friends eventually became the Demon King.]

[Yae no Miko: The story is starting to get interesting.]

[Zhe: Unbelievable.]

[Xia Die: Lord Bai E... not Bai E?]

With his back to him, Lai Gushi looked at the star map, the only one left unlit, and sighed, "Ah... the heart of the vortex has once again welcomed a hero. I've lost count of how many times this has happened."

"The author of every epic poem, as the predetermined prophecy foretold, stops writing here."

"Just as every calculation, as He originally designed, ends here."

He turned to face Bai'er, as if speaking to a familiar old friend: "No need to be nervous, Lord Bai'er. I have entered this place for only one pure purpose: to witness with my own eyes the miracle of creation as foretold in the oracle."

Bai Er ignored him, “...you have never shown any interest in the journey to the fire. You have never offered a helping hand when my companions and I were running around, bleeding and sacrificing for the fire.”

"How did an Antikythera person, a cold and indifferent bystander who has always been neutral, suddenly become concerned about the mission of the Golden Children?"

[Star: Once again? How many cycles of reincarnation did Onphalus undergo before our arrival?]

[Nicole: Shouldn't the question now be, what's the name of Bai Er?]

[Danheng: I can confirm that he is still Bai'e. We never knew Bai'e's real name from the beginning. Feng Jin... Yaxintes, Wan Di... Maidemos, and Bai'e is the same.]

[Fufu: Oh, I see. I was almost scared to death. I get it now, his real name must be connected to some important event.]

[Bai Lu: Yeah, that's like you didn't say anything at all. Even I already know that.]

Himeko: I'm a little confused right now.

Faced with the questioning, Lai Gushi smiled and raised his head to recount his experiences and insights from each of his fire-chasing adventures.

"When that lone swordsman bids farewell to everything and plunges alone into the sea of ​​madness, I listen from the shore; when that mighty overlord lays down his armor and fills the cracks in the earth with his iron bones, I look down from the mountaintop."

"Through a thousand-year journey of chasing fire, I have witnessed the suffering, determination, division, and unity of you, the Golden Descendants..."

"Just as you were born with divine guidance, after being bathed in the gaze of distant stars, I too have seen the deepest and darkest destiny..."

His tone was slightly manic: "I will become the most loyal reader of the epic, the audience who will witness your heroic deeds."

"The gaze of distant stars...?" Bai E's eyes flickered.

[Fu Xuan: Fu Li or the Learned Venerable?]

[Qingque: It should be Fuli, right? Didn't He glance at the stars before?]

[Black Swan: Onfaros' answer was already revealed after the third destiny became clear: the gaze of that distant star came from… Nanuk.]

Charlotte: At first, everyone thought it was three messengers, but it turns out it attracted three star gods.

[Fireworks: Haha, Bai E is going to perform "Your Name" with us, right? When we meet again in the next life, what will your name be...?]

[Star: Huh?]

[Hanabi: Huh?]

[Bai E: Partner...]

Lai Gushi shook his head. "One day, you will understand. But not now."

"At this moment, please ignore me as an observer and go and complete the task you must complete, Lord Bai'er."

A soft laugh escaped from Bai E's throat.

His gaze was like a sharp, unseen blade. "I firmly believed that as long as I kept chasing the light, the fog ahead would dissipate, and fate would reveal its truest form."

"But along the way, we...they, all those who have passed away, have never received the justice promised by the oracle."

Suddenly, Lycus spoke: “I heard it: outside the vortex, the world is collapsing, and the Son of Man is crying out.”

"And you, Lord Bai'e, will use that spark to bury the old world, plunging all things into a gray unknown—"

Bai E raised his head and looked at the constellation that belonged to the world of the dead, his tone full of vicissitudes, "—It's alright. The cruel pursuit of fire has made me abandon illusions. The future cannot be an ideal land bathed in the west wind, waiting for us to step into it..."

"If what lies ahead is chaos, I will tear it apart..."

"...as the first rays of the sun were introduced."

Before the sacrificial water basin, Bai E's figure was left only with loneliness and resolute determination.

[Laigushi: The symphony of rebirth is about to begin. Let us witness together... the breaking of the shell of a Great Lord of Annihilation, a moment when hatred will shatter the anchor of the Wise One.]

[Yanqing: Don't you have even a shred of conscience?]

[Lycurgus: Conscience… It cannot be denied that Lycurgus has no conscience. My purpose in existence has never changed: to destroy that high and mighty god by any means necessary.]

[Bai'er: Is Onphalus's future destined only for destruction?]